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Background: CT1812 is an experimental therapeutic sigma-2 receptor modulator in development for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies. CT1812 reduces the affinity of Aβ oligomers to bind to neurons and exert synaptotoxic effects. This phase 2, multi-center, international, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial assessed safety, tolerability and effects of CT1812 on cognitive function in individuals with AD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Previously, we demonstrated therapeutic benefits following intraperitoneal delivery of the TGR5 agonist HY209 in 5xFAD, a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Given the desirability of a more acceptable administration route for prolonged AD treatment, we assessed the efficacy of HY209 via oral delivery. This study aims to elucidate the therapeutic potential of NuCerin, an oral formulation of HY209, in the aforementioned AD model, while simultaneously identifying potential blood biomarkers indicative of NuCerin's therapeutic action.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreclinical Alzheimer's prevention trials require a multi-year commitment from diverse, cognitively unimpaired individuals willing to receive biomarker results of confirmed Alzheimer's pathology and possible ApoE4 status. Participants learn new terms such as ARIA, edema and microhemorrhage and undergo numerous MRI scans for safety monitoring. They take quarterly composite Alzheimer's assessments that are anxiety-provoking and highlight weaknesses which may have been unrecognized in daily life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Accumulating evidence suggests that the presynaptic protein α-synuclein (α-syn), is involved in the pathophysiology of AD and elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The role of Natural Killer (NK) cells of the innate immune system in AD has largely been overlooked. In a murine model, depletion of NK cells augmented the accumulation of pathological α-syn.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Background: Non-human primates (NHP) serve as an important bridge for testing therapeutic agents that have been previously shown to be effective in transgenic mouse models. Our earlier published data using an NHP model of sporadic AD-related pathology that develops abundant cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), squirrel monkeys (SQMs), indicates that chronic treatment with TLR9 agonist, class B CpG ODN, safely ameliorates CAA while promoting cognitive benefits. In the present study, we intended to delineate alterations in brain metabolome induced by chronic CpG ODN administration in order to provide further insight into CpG ODN immunomodulatory capabilities.
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